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Hebrew
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Egyptian mfkꜣt (“turquoise”). Compare Hebrew פּוּךְ (“malachite”), also borrowed from mfkꜣt.
Noun
נֹפֶךְ • (nōp̄eḵ) ?
- turquoise (mineral, gemstone)
References
- Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 6 נֹפֶךְ Nōp̄eḵ—Turquoise". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_007